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Radio stations

Please note that the correct format on Wikipedia is not to include external weblinks to the radio stations' pages next to their name in the city's media list, as you did at Victoria, British Columbia; there should never be an external link in the body of the article itself. The correct format is to write up an article about the radio station, and place its web link under the "External links" heading on that article. Thanks. Bearcat 06:14, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, I do know that; it would probably be better if you addressed this message to the user that did that addition. Qyd 06:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry...thought it was you; there was a recent edit summary from you involving radio links. I'm still trying to track down who thought it acceptable to replace the CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two stations' legal call signs with "CBCR1" and "CBCR2". Bearcat 06:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Olorun/Yansan

There's actually a pretty good chance I'm wrong about it. I added it in because there's a redirect from the page Yansan that goes to Olorun. It's a redirect that's been in existence unchanged since 2002, so I figured they were the same thing. Looking at it now, that's probably wrong. I'll rv the page and fix the redirect to go to Oya or Iansan (which seem to be equivalent with each other - please correct me if I'm wrong). Sorry about that, and thanks for the heads-up. --Gpollock 23:20, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

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Forest Lawn

No, it is not central, BUT, I do believe that it's popularity as a destination has risen significantly along the 17th avenue corridor since the implementation of the international Avenue BRZ. This has been bolstered even further with GlobalFest. Right now the city has a pretty ambitious plan for that part of 17th avenue, and I think its fortunes will be different in the near future. It is already a pretty popular destination for ethnic cuisine, so I disagree with you, I think Forest Lawn is definitely gaining in popularity. It's just unfortunate that its poor reputation has clouded son many people's view of the neighbourhood as a place they would ever consider going. --Arch26 00:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It certainly is getting better, and even with it's reputation for crime, it's not nearly as bad as many believe. But still, there's a reason for that bad reputation (and I guess that's why the city has all those plans for the area). I consider that calling it popular is (optimistically speaking) too early. Including it in Calgary's trendy night life districts is pushing the envelope. --Qyd 02:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Medicine Hat mix-up

Sorry about the mixup. I got confused somehow. I thought it was weird that you would have made a comment like that. --Kmsiever 21:34, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

No worries, it's fixed now. --Qyd 21:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Pelican Airport

Thanks for picking up on the town name. I was working from the Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) and it's not always clear what the town is. I've changed the runway surface back to asphalt because that's what the CFS says. You can check out the airport at the World Airport Database here. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

BC/NW map stuff

Hi. Been using the various maps for more mountain-range and plateau articles (see Okanagan Highland, Thompson Plateau, various mountain ranges) as well as the occasional historical article (Okanagan Trail); thinking of using the same set, maybe "faded" in colour-density a bit, for river/lake locator maps. You'll note that the Okanagan Trail map, which I cut from the big northwest-relief one you sent me, is only ~240px square; and that's the smallest I could make the text at that scale (8point); the resolution's pretty fuzzy as a result, especially because I set the thumb-size at 300px, "stretching" the already poor resolution. I'm wondering if you have a "big" map of the entire region at the same scale as the original Vancovuer Island one, i.e. that I could cut-and-trim as needed for various subjects; same area as the big NW-relief one, only at the same resolution as the VI one (or better). If it's too big to post into Wiki you can find my regular email at http://www.cayoosh.net and email it to me as *.PAR or zip or RAR files if need be. What I've got for YOU back in trade is a full set of ARCView hillshades, which are public-domain and are basically province-wide shade-terrain maps; I'll post a sample on my BC/PacNW History Forum resources area later today; several megabytes, maybe dozens, can't remember, but still on my HD somewhere. I've also got screen-captures of BC Basemap images of things like the coastal icefields and inlets; I wrote them, by the way, asking about usage-conditions on that material; all generated from the same data you're working with, but in their proprietarial software/map-generator; I'll post a couple of examples also on my hidden BC/PacNW resources page as I'm unsure of their status; but they could be used for "tracing" or pantographing things like the icefield areas, river lines and so on.Skookum1 19:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Pictures

I see you added some pictures to Calgary International Airport. First of all, thank you. It needed some pictures. Second of all, do you mind if I replace one or two of yours (Eventually) and add some more? I'm a planespotter, and I have a couple of pictures of the more obscure areas of the airport, some of which are roughly the same as your pictures. I use a film camera (It's really good though) to take my pictures, and most pictures won't be added until tomorrow or Friday. Do you mind? - RPharazon 02:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I added 4 more pictures. Adding things to the Commons is stressing. More to come on Thursday or Friday. Hope you like them. ;P - RPharazon 03:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Havana Coat of Arms

Alright! Thank you very much. Well, obviously someone deleted it, thanks for reverting it. about the coat of arms, yes is the city of Havana, I thought it should be added but it's totally ok. Have a great day.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Krasivaja (talk • contribs) 23:00, 2 August 2006

Viñales

Nice improvements to Viñales! --DavidShankBone 15:38, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Photo User References

My mistake about putting my User reference and I've begun to take them off. It's a policy that makes sense and one I agree with it. I had a wild hair. Thanks for politely letting me know, and keep up the good work. --DavidShankBone 11:35, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Winagami Lake

Hi Qyd, I noticed that today you edited a link on the High Prairie, Alberta article to point to a page called Winnigami Lake Provincial Park. However, it is most certainly spelled "Winagami Lake". I know you're not the original author of the page, but I don't really know where to start changing stuff, or how to change a page title, etc... should I just go ahead and change this? And how do I change a page's title?

Sorry if these are stupid questions, if so just send back a RTFM. ;)

But yeah I happen to be a resident of High Prairie, and the spelling is definitely Winagami. Here's actually a link to a Cdn. govt. website spelling it the correct way:

http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/planning/gateway/siteinformation.asp?id=169

I'm mainly asking you since it looks like you've edited a lot of articles concerning Northern Alberta so you might be more concerned about it than some... sorry to bug you. And I apologize if this is the wrong place for these kinds of discussions, I'm not sure...

Thanks, Roast beef - Aug 12, 06

Barnstar

File:Interlingual Barnstar.png		The Geography Barnstar
		I award you the Geography barnstar, for your excellent work on maps, specifically all the maps of places in Canada. -- Earl Andrew - talk 07:38, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Reality Television

I've started a discussion section on the Deletion Policy page regarding reality television contestants. My main point is this: the ABC.com homepage does a perfectly fine job of sorting out who is a contestant, and their background. Jimmy Wales stated we should focus on quality, not quantity. What is it that these entries give to the internet that is not already covered by their homepages for the game shows?

Would you mind weighing in with an opinion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_policy#Reality_Telvision_Contestants

Your Edit to Division No. 18, Saskatchewan

I would like to know the rational for removing "It is the largest census division in Saskatchewan, covering the northern half of the provence." from that article. If you look at the map you have pasted on the page, it is very clear that it is the largest division in terms of area. As it is just a tibit about the area, I don't see why it needed to be removed. -Royalguard11^Talk^{My Desk} 21:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I see now. I was just looking between the 2nd and 3rd revision, that's why. I'm sorry for accusing you. -Royalguard11^Talk^{My Desk} 22:15, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for formatting the references in Canada. Always thought that they were too long. -- Jeff3000 02:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Fraser River map

Hi; saw your Fraser River map and wanted to let you know I'd made a stab using the basemaps you sent me/connected me to - although one showing the larger area didn't have enough resolution to do the tribs properly. Here's my versions, from Prince George southwards and without rivernames, and I don't like the colours I'd used:

Also, on yours, the Morice is a tributary of the Bulkley, not the Nechako, and the Bulkley is a far major/more important tributary of the Skeena than the Babine; which is mostly Babine Lake. Also the Tahtsa is very minor and the whole upper Nechako watershed is the Ootsa Lake Reservoir (which is about twenty lakes linked together by co-inundation); I didn't show it on my map, only where it starts at the foot of the reservoir; if you were going to follow an arm of it, to draw rivercourse, use Ootsa over Eutsuk (northern over southern arms); it just barely shows on my map because of the particular angle of the close-up/cutaway. There was something else to comment on yours but can't remember what it was - oh yeah, you show the spine of the northernmost MOnashees as if there was a river flowing the other way in a narrow gorge towards the Columbia; but it's still just the Fraser basin on either side; the Adams River is in between the North Thompson and the Big Bend of the Columbia, but it flows south to join the Thompson via Shuswap Lake. A couple of rivers on mine are minor - the San Jose, which is to the south of the Quesnel, and the West Road/Blackwater; the West Road/Blackwater is historically significant, however (it's pretty much just a trickle relative to some of the southern tributary creeks. I do know at some point I'll want to do a map from Big Bar southwards so the tributary creeks and smaller rivers (Churn, Pavilion, Cayoosh, Stein, Nahatlatch, Anderson, Coquihalla, and others) can be shown.Skookum1 17:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

A small request

Do you mind if I 'borrow' your little Navigation box template? My user page/talk page is awfully boring at the moment. I need something clean, smart, and sharp to liven it up a bit, and I'm not very good at all with the wiki language and such. - RPharazon 15:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

No problem at all, it's all GNU :) --Qyd 15:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Label typo on Gulf Islands map

Hi, Qyd. Just thought I'd let you know that in Image:Gulf_Islands_map.png, Thetis Island is labelled "Thesis Island". Great work on all the maps, by the way! →smably 18:16, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks for pointing it out. --Qyd 18:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Tofino Airport

Do float planes land there, well in the water next to it, or do they land at the ~~Tofino Water Aerodrome~~ Tofino Harbour Water Aerodrome. If they land in the bay beside the airport it should be clarifed in the article because right now it's a bit unclear. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 01:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Battle River and Wetaskiwin

Hey Qyd. I noticed you editted Wetaskiwin by adding in that Battle River flows through the city. In fact, Battle River is south east of the city (see: [1]). There is a drainage ditch that runs through the city, but that was man-made for times of floods. - Mustard 15:16, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

You are right, while Wetaskiwin is in the watershed, the river itself flows some 15km south of the city. Thanks for noticing. --Qyd 17:01, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

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Your edit to Lacombe, Alberta

Your recent edit to Lacombe, Alberta (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot4 15:11, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Hehe, bots are faster than humans, obviously; It was just a mistake while fixing real vandalism. --Qyd 15:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

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